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17-613. Ordinances; style; publication; proof.The style of all ordinances shall be: Be it ordained by the mayor and council of the city of ......, or the chairman and board of trustees of the village of ....... . All ordinances of a general nature shall, before they take effect, be published, within fifteen days after they are passed, (1) in some newspaper published in such city or village, but if no paper is published in the city or village, then by posting a written or printed copy thereof in each of three public places in the city or village, or (2) by publishing the same in book or pamphlet form; Provided, in case of riot, infectious or contagious diseases, or other impending danger, failure of public utility, or any other emergency requiring its immediate operation, such ordinance shall take effect upon the proclamation of the mayor or chairman of the board of trustees, posted in at least three of the most public places in the city or village. Such emergency ordinance shall recite the emergency and be passed by a three-fourths vote of the council or board of trustees, and entered of record on the clerk's minutes. The passage, approval, and publication or posting of all ordinances shall be sufficiently proved by a certificate under seal of the city or village from the clerk thereof, showing that such ordinance was passed and approved, and when and in what paper the same was published, or when and by whom and where the same was posted. When ordinances are printed in book or pamphlet form, purporting to be published by authority of the board of trustees or city council, the same need not be otherwise published, and such book or pamphlet shall be received as evidence of the passage and legal publication of such ordinances as of the dates mentioned in such book or pamphlet, in all courts without further proof. SourceLaws 1879, § 59, p. 207; Laws 1881, c. 23, § 7, p. 171; R.S.1913, § 5153; C.S.1922, § 4328; C.S.1929, § 17-519; R.S.1943, § 17-613; Laws 1951, c. 36, § 1, p. 137; Laws 1969, c. 95, § 1, p. 462; Laws 1971, LB 282, § 2. Cross ReferencesFor other provisions applicable to ordinances, see sections 18-131, 18-132, 18-1724, and 19-3701. AnnotationsGenerally, ordinances do not go into effect until published. City of Milford v. Schmidt, 175 Neb. 12, 120 N.W.2d 262 (1963).Ordinances of a general nature are required to be published. Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co. v. City of Randolph, 163 Neb. 687, 81 N.W.2d 159 (1957).Paving ordinance was properly published. Freeman v. City of Neligh, 155 Neb. 651, 53 N.W.2d 67 (1952).Where an ordinance was printed in pamphlet form by the village, it was regularly published, and a village cannot question its validity on the ground that it was not validly adopted. Village of Deshler v. Southern Nebraska Power Co., 133 Neb. 778, 277 N.W. 77 (1938).There is no requirement that the newspaper be printed within the city and, where there is no paper printed in the city, if an ordinance is published in a newspaper printed elsewhere and circulated generally in the city to local subscribers, the publication is sufficient. Hadlock v. Tucker, 93 Neb. 510, 141 N.W. 192 (1913).Certificate of village clerk, attached to an ordinance, attested by official seal, stating when passed and approved, and when and in what paper published, is sufficient. Bailey v. State, 30 Neb. 855, 47 N.W. 208 (1890).Ordinance calling election became effective when publication was complete. Central Electric & Gas Co. v. City of Stromsburg, 289 F.2d 217 (8th Cir. 1961).